> Then the next step (as outlined by Documentation/SubmittingPatches) > is to figure out how to best present this to the mailing list; I think the best > way is to send out a patch series consisting of both of these 2 patches, > the "connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directories," > first and then your deduplication patch. Combined two patches Stefan Beller (1): connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directories Valery Tolstov (1): submodule--helper.c: remove duplicate code builtin/submodule--helper.c | 20 ++------------------ dir.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++----------- submodule.c | 11 ++--------- 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) -- 2.12.0.192.gbdb9d28a5